Knee or arm boot.



Nol 7|4,ov44. Y Patented Nov. |85L |902.

w. E. SELL.

KNEE 0R ABM BOOT.

(Applimion med Feb. a, 1902.

(No Model.)

UNITED rares VILLIAM E. SELL, OF CANTON, Ol-IIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GILLIAM MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF CANTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

KNEE 0R ARM Boo-r.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 714,044, dated November 18, 1902.

Application filed February 3, 1902. Serial No. 92,257. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: ing tip b5. This portion B of the boot may Beit known that I, WILLIAM E. SELL, a citibe formed into a downwardly-extending lobe zen of the United States, residing at Canton, b', provided with a strap b, adapted to pass inthe county of Stark and State of Ohio, have around the lower section of the leg for maininvented a certain new and useful Improvetaining the member B in position. mentin Knee or Arm Boots, of which the fol- As clearly indicated in Fig. 1, this lower lowing is a full, clear, and exact description, member of the boot is provided above with a reference being had to the accompanying rounded contour 57, which lies outside of the drawings. Y lower-most portion of the member A. I pro- This invention relates to knee and arm vide for attaching the upper and lower mem- 6o boots such as are worn by horses to prevent bers together by a flexible connection which their injuring themselves by striking their permits great freedom of movement at the knees with their feetin a manner well known joint. This connection consists of the interto horsemen. locking loops c5 bs, of flexible material, such The invention is particularly applicable to as leather, the extremities (t6 and b9 of which 65 those forms of boot which consist of two confasten, respectively, to the two members and nected portions fastened, respectively, to the preferably beneath the pads a and l). The fore thigh or arm and knee. loop a5 may consist of asimple loop, while the The object of the invention is to provide an loop bs may be formed or rolled, as indicated, improved construction of boot, dispensing about a cord 610, which passes through it; but 7o with all rivet and lacing connections; and the at its extremities it attens out and is secured, invent-ion consists in certain features to be as indicated, below the pad l?. Suitable sewmore fully described hereinafter, and defiing or stitches Z712 secure these loops to their nitely set forth in the claims. respective portions of the boot.

In the drawings which fully illustrate my The form of connection described-to wit, 75 invention, Figure l represent-s the inner side 'the interlocking loops a5 bs-permit the boot of the boot, and Fig. 2 represents a central to adapt itself to any horses leg, even if said vertical section of the same. leg is bowed, as they sometimes are, and it Referring to the parts by letters, A reprepermits absolute freedom of movement, somesents the upper member of the boot, which is thing which is not permitted with boots whose 8o secured to the fore thigh or arm. This mem-v members are fastened together by a rivet or ber maybe made of leather or other material eyelet, unless the boot is accurately adjusted, formed substantially as shown and provided so that the said rivet is in the virtual axis of with a pad a, stuffed with horsehair or simithe knee-joint. lar material, wherefore it is adapted to con- What I claim ist form to the shape of the fore thigh or arm. l. An arm and knee boot of the class de- It is further provided with a band or garter scribed, comprised ofA two members adapted ct', intended to pass about the fore thigh or to be secured respectively to the fore thigh or arm and carrying a strap and buckle a2 to faarm and knee of a horse, and a connection cilitate its adjustment. Upwardly-extendtherebetween consisting of interlocking loops 9o ing tips a3, having pads a, afford means for of flexible material, substantially as desecuring suspender-straps. The lower memscribed. berB of the boot is preferably made ofleather, 2. In a boot of the class described, members with a lining of soft material and shaped subadapted to be secured respectively to the fore stantially as shown. It is provided with a thigh or arm and knee of a horse, the adjasmall pad b, so that it conforms to the shape cent extremities of said members overlapping, of the lower limb. A forwardlyprojecting combined with interlocking loops'connecting tip b2, provided with a pad b3, affords means said members, substantially as described. for attaching a buckle which cooperates with 3. In aboot of the class described, members a strap b4, carried by the oppositely-extendadapted to be secured respectively to the fore loo thigh and lower limbs, pads formed on the nln testimony whereof I hereunto afx my the shape of the animals limb, and interlocking loops of exible material forming a conneeion between said members, the extremities of said loops being secured beneath said pads, substantially as described.

VILLIAM E. SELL.

ner faces thereof, whereby they con form to l signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

Witnesses:

E. 13. GILOHRIST, E. L. THURsToN. 

